A recent SMB disaster recovery (DR) survey by Symantec Corp. indicated that half of all small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) were lacking a disaster recovery plan -- and what's more, this is an increase from last year, where 47% said they had no plans. These results were somewhat unexpected because 65% of respondents said they live in areas susceptible to natural disasters, and averaged six outages in the last year.

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Clearly there's room for improvement in SMB disaster recovery planning. But putting together your first disaster recovery plan can be difficult if you've never done it before. In our quiz on disaster recovery basics, learn about the most important disaster recovery terms, what they mean, and why they're important. Take our quiz, and if you haven't done as well as you've hoped, check out our special section on disaster recovery for SMBs.

1. This document is the cornerstone of every good disaster recovery or business continuity program.

2. In disaster recovery planning, this is an analytic process that aims to reveal business and operational impacts stemming from disasters. It usually leads to a report detailing likely incidents and their related business impact in terms of time and dollars.

10. This is a document that analyzes the possible threats your organization faces, natural and/or man-made. These threats are weighed by the likelihood of occurrence and then multiplied by their affect on the operation.

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